John Harvard's Journal

Yesterday’s News

Including profundity and pretzels

Commencement Confetti

Seniors’ work plans, Sasha stylin’, reunion sonnet, and more

The Week’s Words

Commencement rhetoric on threats to higher education, melding divergent views, doing good, and combating the loss of trust

Locked In

Addressing bias and hatred, challenging governance, reacting to protest, and trying to find a way forward

by John S. Rosenberg

Commencement 372 7/8

Harvard’s tumultuous year ends in modified festival rites, amid passionate protests.

by John S. Rosenberg

Honoris Causa

Harvard’s 2024 honorary degree recipients

Board of Overseers and HAA Elected Director Candidates

Candidates for the Board of Overseers and Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) elected directors

Admissions Evolving

The class of 2028—plus admissions policy concerning diversity, standardized tests, and legacies

by John S. Rosenberg

Renovating Gund

Renovations on Gund Hall of Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) to be completed by next year. 

by Nina Pasquini

News in Brief

Commencement speaker, new Corporation Fellows, and more

Yesterday’s News

Headlines from Harvard’s history